Hal Mumme, whose 'Air Raid' offense once thrust the University of Kentucky into the spotlight, will guide SMU's passing attack this season.

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Dan Wolken
| USA Today

Over the 30 years that made them famous, humbled them and ultimately validated their influence on the game, two of the greatest offensive minds in football had always somehow ended up in roughly the same place.

June Jones and Hal Mumme never had the chance to work together, but even as their paths diverged after meeting as young assistants in the WAC - Jones rising to NFL stardom before reinventing himself in college, Mumme toiling in backwaters before taking the SEC by storm - one was never far from the other, either physically or philosophically.